Hi All
We are using UCS boot-from-san using the traditional 4 WWPN search order;
Primary HBA( VHBA0) , Primary WWPN
Primary HBA( VHBA0) , Secondary WWPN
Secondary HBA( VHBA1) , Primary WWPN
Secondary HBA( VHBA1) , Secondary WWPN
All seems to work well. ( so i've been told )
The first question I have where do we change the timeout setting for the situation when a boot lun is not found. ie if the boot process starts and Primary HBA/Primary WWPN fails to produce a viable boot device. Where can I change the timeout setting that dictates how long to try before moving onto the next WWPN in the list ? Is this something that is configured in UCS boot policy ?
The followup question is ( this is a bit left-field ) Can you see any reason why we couldn't have WWPNs from 2 different arrays ?
Primary HBA( VHBA0) , Primary WWPN from array 1.controllerA
Primary HBA( VHBA0) , Secondary WWPN from array 2.controllerA
Secondary HBA( VHBA1) , Primary WWPN from array 1.controllerB
Secondary HBA( VHBA1) , Secondary WWPN from array 2.controllerB
So for example if array 1 was dead and the server rebooted it would timeout and boot from array 2.controller A. ( obvs providing the boot lun was presented )
also if fabric A/vHBA0 was dead it would double-timeout and boot from array 1.controllerB via vHBA1
Thanks All
